Implications for practice and research

Cranberry is nearly as effective as low-dose antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) prevention in women and children
and does not cause antibiotic resistance.

If cranberry products are being recommended to patients, conclusions of this one review do not provide sufficient reasons
to change current practices.

Context

UTIs are a significant public health challenge with more than 15 million cases in the USA each year, with their treatment
accounting for 15% of all community-prescribed antibiotics at a cost of $500 million annually. For decades, cranberry juice
and powders have been routinely recommended by healthcare practitioners for the prevention of UTIs. Meta-analyses of the clinical
studies …